Factors Influencing Turnover Intention among Male Nurses in Korea
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review and Hypotheses
2.1. General Categories Influencing Job Turnover
2.2. Unique Category Affecting Turnover Intention for Male Nurses
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Design
3.2. Instruments
3.3. Sample and Data Collection
3.4. Ethical Approval
3.5. Data Analysis
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Theoretical Implications
5.2. Practical Implications
5.3. Limitation
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Factors | Categories | n (%) | Turnover Intention | ||||
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Mean | Standard Deviation | t or F | p (Scheffe) | ||||
Individual | Age (years) | 20~29 (a) | 220 (71.9) | 12.82 | 3.36 | 3.32 | 0.037 * (a > b) |
30~39 (b) | 83 (27.1) | 11.72 | 3.50 | ||||
≥40 (c) | 3 (1.0) | 11.33 | 4.04 | ||||
Marital status | Single | 248 (81.0) | 12.74 | 3.36 | 6.08 | 0.014 * | |
Married | 58 (19.0) | 11.51 | 3.58 | ||||
Education | Diploma (a) | 170 (55.6) | 13.00 | 3.40 | 5.53 | 0.004 * (a > c) | |
Bachelor’s (b) | 128 (41.8) | 12.02 | 3.37 | ||||
≥Master’s (c) | 8 (2.6) | 9.87 | 2.99 | ||||
Total nursing experience (years) | <1 year (a) | 79 (25.8) | 11.78 | 3.14 | 7.63 | <0.001 *** (a,d < b,c) | |
1 to less than 3 (b) | 100 (32.7) | 13.26 | 3.67 | ||||
3 to less than 5 (c) | 63 (20.6) | 13.48 | 3.27 | ||||
≥5 (d) | 64 (20.9) | 11.28 | 3.03 | ||||
Nursing experience in the current workplace (years) | <1 year (a) | 94 (30.7) | 11.87 | 3.30 | 4.52 | 0.004 ** (d < b) | |
1 to less than 3 (b) | 114 (37.3) | 13.26 | 3.54 | ||||
3 to less than 5 (c) | 53 (17.3) | 12.87 | 3.20 | ||||
≥5 (d) | 45 (14.7) | 11.51 | 3.30 | ||||
Role model as a male nurse | Presence | 88 (28.8) | 11.19 | 3.44 | 19.25 | <0.001*** | |
Absence | 218 (71.2) | 13.04 | 3.29 | ||||
Organizational | Hospital size (beds) | Small (<100) | 19 (6.2) | 13.68 | 4.48 | 1.85 | 0.158 |
Medium (100 to <500) | 104 (34.0) | 12.74 | 3.19 | ||||
Large (≥500) | 183 (59.8) | 12.25 | 3.42 | ||||
Position | Nurse | 210 (68.6) | 12.48 | 3.53 | 0.02 | 0.977 | |
Physical assistant | 91 (29.7) | 12.57 | 3.22 | ||||
Nurse manager | 5 (1.6) | 12.60 | 3.04 | ||||
Shift pattern | Day shift only | 134 (43.8) | 12.38 | 3.34 | 0.33 | 0.562 | |
Shift work | 172 (56.2) | 12.61 | 3.50 | ||||
Space for male nurses | Presence | 233 (76.1) | 12.35 | 3.37 | 0.40 | 0.151 | |
Absence | 73 (23.9) | 13.01 | 3.62 | ||||
Annual salary (million won units) | <30 (a) | 102 (33.4) | 13.04 | 3.70 | 3.48 | 0.004 ** (a,b,d > f) | |
30 to less than 35 (b) | 86 (28.1) | 12.86 | 3.31 | ||||
35 to less than 40 (c) | 60 (19.6) | 11.78 | 3.13 | ||||
40 to less than 45 (d) | 31 (10.1) | 12.84 | 3.07 | ||||
45 to less than 50 (e) | 15 (4.9) | 11.53 | 3.16 | ||||
≥50 (f) | 12 (3.9) | 9.50 | 2.78 | ||||
Social | Hospital location (millions of people) | Small city (<1 million) (a) | 109 (35.6) | 12.12 | 3.48 | 9.33 | <0.001 *** (a,c < b) |
Medium city (1 to <5 million) (b) | 115 (37.6) | 13.54 | 3.14 | ||||
Large city (≥5) (c) | 82 (26.8) | 11.58 | 3.43 |
Variables | Mean | Standard Deviation | Turnover Intention | Organizational Commitment | Job Satisfaction | Job Stress | Kinship Responsibility | |
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Turnover intention | 12.50 | 3.43 | 1 | |||||
Organizational | Organizational commitment | 22.93 | 4.52 | −0.69 ** | 1 | |||
Job satisfaction | 12.98 | 2.80 | −0.66 ** | 0.77 ** | 1 | |||
Job stress | 6.17 | 2.14 | 0.39 ** | −0.29 ** | −0.42 ** | 1 | ||
Social | Kinship Responsibility | 11.89 | 2.29 | −0.03 | 0.15 ** | 0.08 | −0.02 | 1 |
Role conflict | 10.87 | 2.72 | 0.31 ** | −0.31 ** | −0.30 ** | 0.21 ** | 0.09 |
Variables | B | SE | Beta (β) | t | p | |
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Constant | 20.17 | 1.20 | - | 16.78 | <0.001 | |
Individual | Single | 0.93 | 0.35 | 0.11 | 2.68 | 0.008 |
Organizational | Organizational commitment | −0.36 | 0.05 | −0.48 | −7.93 | <0.001 |
Job satisfaction | −0.27 | 0.08 | −0.22 | −3.41 | 0.001 | |
Job stress | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 3.52 | <0.001 | |
Social | Hospital location in medium-categorized cities (1 to <5 million) | 0.70 | 0.28 | 0.10 | 2.54 | 0.012 |
Kinship responsibility | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.09 | 2.24 | 0.026 |
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Kim, S.O.; Moon, S.-H. Factors Influencing Turnover Intention among Male Nurses in Korea. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9862. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189862
Kim SO, Moon S-H. Factors Influencing Turnover Intention among Male Nurses in Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9862. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189862
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Su Ol, and Sun-Hee Moon. 2021. "Factors Influencing Turnover Intention among Male Nurses in Korea" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9862. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189862